Dispatch of 1st Alert — Viseu, Viseu, Ranhados

A 1st Alert Dispatch was issued for the parish of Ranhados, in the municipality of Viseu, district of Viseu. The alert refers to a scrubland fire, indicating that the flames reached vegetation in the rural area of this zone. The "1st Alert" status suggests that this is a first dispatch of resources for an incident that is still in an initial or developing phase. Civil protection authorities were activated to respond to the fire. To combat the blaze, 31 personnel were mobilized, supported by 6 ground vehicles and 1 aerial resource. The combination of ground and aerial resources indicates a firefighting deployment adapted to the size or location of the fire. This type of alert is common in Portugal during the months of highest risk of rural fires, when meteorological conditions favor the spread of flames in vegetation areas.